In this book, Dr. Ross offers a comprehensive account of the history, etiology, diagnosis, phenomonology, and treatment of Dissociative Identity Disorder (Multiple Personality Disorder). Designed for the practicing clinician, the book provides a stimulating and thought-provoking account of the cultural history of D. I. D., while offering the most detailed description of both general principles and specific treatment methods currently available.

Dissociative Identity Disorder (DID), has long excited people's curiosity and inflamed
their imaginations, giving rise to a body of myths dating back to pre-Hellenic
Europe.

Traditionally associated with everything from divine or demonic possession,
to a "conflict of cholic and sanguinary elements," it is only within the past
hundred years that we have begun to make legitimate progress toward a clinical
understanding of this puzzling disorder.

Dissociative Identity Disorder is packed with new material on DID,
including compelling new evidence that DID is the most severe consequence of
childhood sexual abuse. Also, the author applies lessons learned from the
study of DID patients to an analysis of other psychiatric and nonclinical
dissociative disorders.

Among the outstanding features that make Dissociative Identity Disorder
a superior clinical tool are:

A detailed history of dissociation

A new diagnostic system for identifying dissociative patients

The most exhaustive account of DID phenomonology currently available in one book

A comprehensive review of treatment modalities

Offering psychiatrists, clinical psychologists, and social workers new insights
into the diagnosis and treatment of DID, Dissociative Identity Disorder is
also an indispensable addition to the reference libraries of sexual abuse and
child abuse agencies, and correctional organizations.